Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Nuclear Chemistry, Exercise 1: JEE Advanced Paper 1 - 2019

In the nuclear transmutation ${}_4^9\text{Be}+\text{X}⟶{}_4^8\text{Be}+\text{Y}$, identify $\left(\mathrm{X}, \mathrm{Y}\right)$.

In the decay sequence:

${}_{92}{}^{238}\mathrm{U}\stackrel{-{\mathrm{x}}_1}{\to }{}_{90}{}^{234}\mathrm{Th}\stackrel{-{\mathrm{x}}_2}{\to }{}_{91}{}^{234}\mathrm{Pa}\stackrel{-{\mathrm{x}}_3}{\to }{}_{\mathrm{ }}{}^{234}\mathrm{Z}\stackrel{-{\mathrm{x}}_4}{\to }{}_{90}{}^{234}\mathrm{Th}$

${\mathrm{x}}_1,\mathrm{ }{\mathrm{x}}_2,\mathrm{ }{\mathrm{x}}_3$ and ${\mathrm{x}}_4$ are the particles/ radiation emitted by the respective isotopes. The correct option(s) is/are:

A plot of the number of neutrons $(\text{N})$ against the number of protons $(\text{P})$ of the stable nuclei exhibits upwards deviation from linearity for atomic number, $\text{Z}>20$. For an unstable nucleus having $\frac{\text{N}}{\text{P}}$ ratio less than $1$, the possible mode(s) of decay is (are):